On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 02:39:29AM -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > Wrong again. Never use public key access for root accounts, it simply > compounds the security risks. Passphrase protected SSH keys can be That is 100% backwards. *NEVER* use password authentication for root (passwords are easier to brute force 'cos people choose bad passwords). Use ssh public key access for root, with appropriate restrictions (eg "from="). -- rgds Stephen